NEWS CENTER Maine covers SOE Faculty Andrew Crawley and Students Work on the Economic Impacts of COVID-19

SOE Assistant Professor Andrew Crawley and graduate students are working with the State Economist’s Office to develop forecasts of the impacts of COVID-19 on Maine’s economy. As part of his ECO527 course, graduate students created five models to evaluate potential changes in tourism spending, travel-related spending, cruise ship spending, state revenues and overall sectoral output and to assess prospects for economic recovery. Students presented their work to the State Economist’s Office, and Dr. Crawley is working on a summary report that will be shared with the state in June. Wonderful to see econonomics expertise in action, strong collaborative work between the SOE community and the state, and local media interest in this responsive and relevant SOE student research. To view the video coverage of their work, click here.